Boots In The Field Report
One of the founding pillars of Crop-Tech Consulting is integrating a systems approach to farming. Crop-Tech is continually adding to their expertise and services. To aid in this process, CTC conducts over 150 test plots every year and works in conjunction with Farm Journal to gather research data on the industry’s equipment, practices, and technology. The Boots in the Field Report features Crop-Tech Consulting agronomist Ken Ferrie. He will keep you up-to-date by describing what he is seeing while in the field.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 370
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Boots In The Field Report for September 22nd
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken relays the numbers coming in from farmers who have started harvest. He also describes some of the different bugs that will be hitting the combine windshi…
00:11:32 |
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Boots In The Field Report for September 18th
Ken discusses the variable yields being reported across our customer base, and gives a warning about sudden death and aphids.
00:05:46 |
Mon 18 Sep 2017
Boots In The Field Report for September 11th
Yields slipped a little this week. In this week's Boot’s In The Field Report Ken explains what he saw this week that brought on that conclusion. He covers sudden death, ear mold, aspergillus, crown r…
00:09:56 |
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Boots In The Field Report for September 5th
Ken covers what he has been seeing this past week as he tours farms from the field and from the air in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. Ken warns to be on the lookout for Southern Rust and Soyb…
00:06:41 |
Tue 05 Sep 2017
Boots In The Field Report for August 25th
In this Boots In The Field Report, Ken covers what he has been seeing this week as he goes on farm visits. It includes: corn fields that won’t black layer, beans that are dying, what will and won't b…
00:13:31 |
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Boots In The Field Report for August 18th
Ken reports what he has seen in his travels through IN and OH as well as his field visit in central IL. In this week’s Boots In The Field Report he covers: spider mite pressure, how to calculate the…
00:11:04 |
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Boots In The Field Report for August 11th
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what he has been seeing as he does field visits throughout IL and IA. He walks through our ET and GDU rates as compared to last year. Ken also touc…
00:08:33 |
Mon 14 Aug 2017
Boots In The Field Report For August 4th
Ken catches up on information in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. He gives a crop report from the groups that went through our site in the last two weeks and covers what issues he is seeing whi…
00:12:54 |
Mon 07 Aug 2017
Boots In The Field Report for July 14th
Ken covers the gamut in this week’s Boots In The Field Report including Rootworm and Japanese Beetles, Aphids, fungicide, low growth concerns, and spot checking your nitrogen program.
00:09:20 |
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Boots In The Field Report for July 7th
Ken gives tips for the Pest Boss in your operation in today’s Boots In The Field Report. He covers when you need to be scouting and what you need to be scouting for, including Western Bean Cutworm an…
00:08:45 |
Fri 07 Jul 2017
Boots In The Field Report for June 30th
Ken talks moisture, ear counts, and Japanese Beetle feeding in this week’s Boots In The Field Report.
00:10:39 |
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Boots In The Field Report for June 23rd
Ken has some catching up to do after being gone fishing. He covers it all in this week’s Boots in the Field Report. He starts with an area wide crop report and then moves into drift issues we have be…
00:19:21 |
Fri 23 Jun 2017
Boots In The Field Report for June 9th
In this week’s #BIFR Ken spends time discussing your options for Rootless Corn, and Holcus Spot. It is also time to get out your Corn Borer traps!
00:13:04 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
Boots In The Field Report for June 2nd
In this week's Boots In The Field Report Ken gives a multi-state crop and scouting report, and warns of Armyworms, Nitrogen Penalty, and Drift Issues.
00:17:43 |
Fri 02 Jun 2017
Boots In The Field Report for May 26th
Ken walks through how much new growth is needed for beat up plants before post spraying and why you can expect to see more crazy top this summer. He also walks through what he is seeing from the nitr…
00:09:28 |
Fri 26 May 2017
Boots In The Field Report for May 19th
Get a cup of coffee, because Ken has a lot to say in this week’s Boots In The Field Report. Ken talks about the death certificates he gave out this week for Flooding, Washouts, Severe Crusting, Herbi…
00:19:48 |
Fri 19 May 2017
Boots In The Field Report for May 12th
Ken spent the day driving around to corn fields to see how they were fairing. Check out this week’s Boots In The Field Report as Ken covers what he saw.
00:05:18 |
Fri 12 May 2017
Boots In The Field Report for May 5th
Ken does a recap of where the water fell and what the current conditions are for most of the state of IL. He also offers what kind of weather conditions can help and hurt us to get this crop out of t…
00:11:35 |
Fri 05 May 2017
Boots In The Field Report for April 28th
Ken outlines some things to think about during this rain delay in this week’s Boots In The Field Report.
00:04:06 |
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Boots In The Field Report For April 21st
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers: seed chilling in beans, what he means by teaching the planter to dance, and current insect sightings.
00:08:43 |
Tue 25 Apr 2017
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